Auxiliary sheet gauge for platen presses



A. DANZIGER.

AUXILIARY SHEET GAUGE FOR PLATEN PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-19,1921.

Patented July 25, 1922.

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Spec e c tion of LettersPatent.

Patented stay ieaa'.

Application filed November 18, 1821. 'Serial lx o. 516/130.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM DANZIGER, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements 111 Auxiliary Sheet Gauges for Platen Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part I of this specification. 4 7

My present invention relates to improvements in platen presses and more particularly to the class having automatic sheet delivery or feeding platform, 11, 12 and feeding and delivering attachments, it is obvious'though that my invention is applicable to other forms of presses than those above mentioned. Y

One object of the invention is to provide a suitable auxiliary sheet gauge having novel and improved features and of suchf construction as to be readily applicable to. the sheet gauges used in standard construction. I

Another ob ect of the invention is to pro vide a suitable auxiliary sheet gauge having novel and improved features and of such construction as to considerably reduce the cost of laborin the production of printed sheets of various kinds as will be more fully described hereinafter.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in platen presses equipped with self feeding devices, the sheets are automatically lifted one at atime from a delivery or feeding platform, passed through the press, receiving the impression. of the type, and then deposited on a receiving platform. It will be further understood by those skilled in the art that the delivery platform or that portion of the press on which the sheets are piled in packsready for feeding, is equipped with adjustable side and end gauges to properly align the pack of sheets relative to the forum to the above mentioned side and end gauges my invention is particularly applica le.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements and the combinations and arrangement of parts, all

as will be more fully hereinafter described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal front elevation of the delivery or feeding platform with invention in place thereon.

Figure 2 is a topfplan view of a portion of SELlClPlEttfOlIIl shown in Figure 1.

T e a Figure 3 s a detail perspect ve View of one form of my invention on a larger scale than shown in Figures 1 and 2.

-Figure 4 is a detailperspective view of another form of my invention on a larger scale than shown in Figures 1 and 2 Figure 5 is a top plan view of two super: posed bill sheets of differentfl'engths with the same printed heading.

In the present instance 10 designates the 13 the walls thereof, 1%, 15, and 16 the gauges; thegauges 1 1 and 15 being adjustable longitudinally on the rod 17 to which they are secured by set screws 18,"the major portion ofsaid gauges projecting above the platform 10 through openings or slots 19 and 20; the gauge 16 is adjustable transverse'ly of the platform and is splined in the 'greove 21 and secured by the set.screw e 22. Tneslots 19-and'20 extend to approximately only one third of the length of the platform 10 respectively, or to a point indicated by characters 23, 2 1; the groove 2 1eX-.

tends to a point indicated by 25 to extend the slots or groove furtherwould be to weaken the'structure, therefore the move ment of the gauges 1 1, 15, 16 is limited to the length of their respective slots or groove. The parts so far described are standard structure. I l

To permit of sheetsbeing printed that aresmaller in area than the capacity of said gauges, I have constructed the aforesaid auxiliary gauge, as shown in detail in Figures 3 and 4 to be used inconjunction with the gauges 14, 15,16 at will, according to the requirements. Referring to Figure 3, 26 designates the auxiliary gauge proper, having a rectangular body portion '27, a flange portion 28, a sleeve" portion .29 at: tached to thefbody' portion 27 in any suithave shown the form adapted to bemused in conjunction with the gauge 16. The sleevev portions 29, Figures 3 and 1- are adapted to fit over the gauges 1 1, 15, '16 respectively,

to securely hold the auxiliary gauge 26, 26

'in effective relation therewith, the flange port-ion 28 is adapted to underlie the sheets 32 to prevent said sheets from working under the body portion 27, the engaging portion 31 is adapted to fit in either the slot 19 or 20 to prevent any lateral move ment of the body portion 27 and to insure the same properly abutting the sheets 32, Figures 1 and 2. i

To further describe the utility out my invention and to demonstrate the reduction in the cost of labor in the production of printed mattenl refer to Figure 5, designates a full sized bill sheet, 84: a smaller or half size sheet, 35 the heading. For sake of illustration, I will say, I wish to print headings 35 on a quantity of full sized bill sheets 33, and the same quantity of half size sheet 3-stboth to have the same heading 35, l have made ready" to accommodate the full sized sheet 33 and completed the desired quantity, I now desire to print the haltsize sheets 84, I discover that I cannot move the gauge 15 over far enough for it to abut the smaller bill sheets 8t due to it eing at the end of the slot Qt), I must therefore necessarily remove the term from the press and make ready again and set the gauges l4; and 1.5 to acconr modate the smaller sheet, with consequent lossort time in makingthe change.

lVith my present invention I can avoid this loss of time by simply attaching the auxiliary gauge 26 to the auge 15 and moving the combined gauges lo, 26 until the body .portion 27 abuts the smaller sheet 84, the

gauges 1 iand 16 remaining in the same position as in printing the full sized sheet 33, I therefore have perfect alignment, without any loss of time. The auxiliary gauge 26 may be used as shown in Figures 1 and 2 in the same manner as described above.

The above described auxiliary sheet gauge may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably of metal and of such height as to suit the requirements.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention and portions of the improvements may be used without the others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An auxiliary gauge of the character specified, adapted to rest on a shoetdelivering platform of a printing press equipped with sheet positioning gauges, with said an iliary gauge comprising a body portion, and means associated with said body'portionto hold said body portion in effective relation with any one ofsaid gauges and. said platform. Y'

2. In a platen press having a shoe delivering platform, gauges on said platform adapted to engage the sheets, said gauges being movable within certain limits on said platform, and means whereby sheets of smaller area than the area within the limits of said gauges may be held in position by said gauges.

In a p on press having a sheet delivering platform, on said platform adapted to engage the sheets, said gauges being movable within certain limits on said platform, and means whereby sheets of smaller area than the area within the limits of said gauges may beheld in position by said gauges, said means comprising a member attached to any oi said gauges, adapted to till the space between said smaller sheets and the respective auges.

4t. In a platen press ing a sheet delivering platfoan equipped with sheet positioning gauges, tl e combination of an auxiliary gauge comprising a body portion adapted to abut the sheets on said platform and means associated with said body portion to hold the same in effective relation with any one of said gauges and said platform.

5. In a platen press having a sheet deliver ing platform equipped with sheet position lug gauges, the combination oi: an auxiliary gauge comprising a body portion adapted to abut the sheets on said. platter-n1, means associated with said body portion to prevent sheets from working under said body portion, and means on said body portion adapted to bolt thesame and its associated parts in effective rela r n withany one of said gauges on said platform.

6. In a platen press having a sheet delivering platform equipped with sheet positioning gauges, the combination or" an auxiliary gauge comprising a body portion adapted to rest on said platform and abut the sheets thereupon, of a sleeve portion on said body portion, said sleeve portion having an extension with a slot engaging portion, said platform havin a guide-slot on which said slot-engaging portion operates, said sleeve portion adapted to hold the body portion. and its associated parts in effective relation with any one of said gauges on said platform.

7. In a platen press having a sheet delivering platform equipped with sheet po sitioning gauges, the combination of an auxiliary gauge comprising an iiprt-itanding'g boy portion adapted to rest on said platform and to abut the sheets thereupon, ot a flange portion extending from said body and adapted to underlie the sheets, a sleeve portion having slotengaging portion, said plat't'orm having a guide-slot in which said slot-engag ing portion operates, said sleeve portion adapted to hold the body portion and it. ass ciated parts in etl'ective relation with any one of said gauges on said platform.

Signed at New York in th county of New York and of New York this 17th day of November A. D. 1921.

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